On Mon, 4 Jan 2010, Ed Greshko wrote:
> Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > undoubtedly a few more NFS-related questions, and here's one. i
> > notice that the nfs-utils package supplies the conf file
> > /etc/nfsmount.conf. so what exactly consults that file?
> >
> > the man page for that file refers to nfs(5) and mount(8), but the
> > man page for "mount" makes no mention of that file, while the man page
> > for "nfs" reads:
> >
> > MOUNT CONFIGURATION FILE
> > If the mount command is configured to do so, all of the mount
> > options described in the previous section can also be configured
> > in the /etc/nfsmount.conf file. See nfsmount.conf(5) for details.
> >
> > if it's configured to do so? and how does one do that, since the
> > mount command doesn't seem to refer to that file. so how are these
> > things hooked together?
> >
> >
> I'll hazard a guess and say that if you issue a "mount" command with
> -t nfs then this file will be consulted.
i'd hazard the same guess, but it would be nice if one was not
reduced to guessing with stuff like this.
rday
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